Empowering Renewal Across Africa and Beyond
Release International Mission is dedicated to making disciples who make disciples among the least reached in Africa and beyond. Seeking to reframe the idea of displacement into one of Divine placement, our wholistic strategy empowers individuals to meet their needs, give back to their community, and care for the environment, creating lasting change where it matters most.
Our Story
You can’t tell the story of Release without telling the story of its founders Victor Mikebanyi and Simon Nkundabantu. Born in Congo, in a time of war, Victor and Simon were born again as children despite resistance from their parents who were Catholic. Both Simon and Victor felt a calling to mission work at a young age and quickly gained experience preaching the Gospel to the people in their community. Victor’s calling led him to attend Bible College where the Lord graciously provided the means to graduate as well as a network of believers that have come alongside Victor as partners in the Gospel eventually leading him to Nairobi, Kenya to start an ESL class in the town of Kasarani.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Our Impact
What started as a small class teaching refugees how to speak English, quickly grew into so much more. From the beginning, Release has had a global impact for the Kingdom. Victor’s calling took him from his home in Congo, across the continent, to preach the gospel to refugees in the Horn of Africa, and eventually to plant the first Release church in Kasarani, Kenya. It was at that church where the Lord revealed a twofold vision to Victor. First, to translate the bible into Kinyamurenge, and second to establish Release International Mission to take the Gospel to unreached people groups across the globe. To date Release has established over 15 Churches in Kenya alone.
Romans 10:13-15
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Our Mission and Vision
At Release we endeavor to be disciples who make disciples that plant churches, care for the people and the environment. Release envisions people from every nation and language fully released from the bondage of evil, and transformed in every aspect of life, and establishing the Kingdom of Heaven within their communities, and nurtured through new and/or existing churches. We stand out because of our wholistic approach. We place the Gospel at the center of everything we do, but we also work to address physical needs in a sustainable and replicable way. We empower individuals to meet their needs and care for the environment, and we believe this creates a lasting change in the places where it matters most.
Romans 15:20-21
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
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Ministries
Ministries are grouped into spiritual, developmental and leadership ministries.
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Churches
The purpose of Release International Mission planted churches is to properly disciple believers.